sensibilise
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Definition
Verb: * To make someone or something sensitive or aware; to cause to become responsive to a particular stimulus or issue.
Usage
The verb "sensibilise" describes the action of increasing sensitivity, awareness, or responsiveness. It is often used in contexts related to education, psychology, social issues, or physiology. * The training programme aims to sensibilise staff to the challenges faced by international students. * Exposure to diverse cultures can sensibilise individuals to different perspectives. * The campaign seeks to sensibilise the public about environmental conservation.
Advanced Usage
- To be/become sensibilised to something: This passive or adjectival construction describes the state of having been made aware or sensitive.
- After the workshop, the team became sensibilised to the importance of data privacy.
- Sensibilising: The gerund or present participle form used to describe the process itself.
- Sensibilising the community is the first step toward positive change.
Variants and Related Words
- Sensitize (verb): The more common spelling and synonym for "sensibilise," especially in American English.
- The course is designed to sensitize managers to unconscious bias.
- Sensibilisation (noun): The act or process of making sensitive or aware.
- Public sensibilisation on health issues is crucial.
- Desensibilise/Desensitize (verb): The opposite action; to make less sensitive.
- Overexposure to violence can desensitize people to it.
Synonyms
- Make aware
- Alert
- Enlighten
- Acquaint
- Familiarize
Antonyms
- Desensitize
- Numb
- Deaden
- Shield (from awareness)
Verb
- make sensitive or aware
- He was not sensitized to her emotional needs